Comments on: Pachter explains Wii U “mistake” commenthttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/
VG247.comTue, 29 Jul 2014 08:36:38 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3By: stealthhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448443
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:41:47 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448443This site also missed pachter saying he responded to the email at 9 at nite and didnt know what he was saying and basically it should be taken as his opinion, not fact.
]]>By: manamanahttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448381
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:50:49 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448381Tss, Pachter. Steps in the limelight talking nonsense. Limelight hog, that’s what he is.
]]>By: deathm00nhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448375
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:42:33 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448375@8 No man, you don’t sound like a fanboy, you gave concrete arguments and I completly agree with you. This is a very good point, even people who are defending Nintendo should accept it. The mainstream people who wants “no child games, gimme da action and blood of GTA and crysis man!” don’t even think about Nintendo when choosing wich console to buy.
]]>By: DJKeenshttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448372
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:22:00 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448372Publishers are to blame here. Low sales numbers are expected considering the lack of third party titles. Most of us know how well received first party titles from Nintendo are. But to garner the numbers of PS360, third party titles are a must. Both systems have no shortage of third party titles and makes them an easy decision in todays market.

But the publishers have instituted a catch 22. We won’t make console selling games unless consoles sell. Wii U is a fine system but publishers have treated it like a child locked in the basement. The larger third party titles on Wii U are ports released months and even a year before. But what about games on the horizon? GTA5? Bioshock Infinite? Recently released titles even. FarCry3, Crysis 3, Metal Gear Rising? These are major releases this year and yet none are even mentioned for Wii U. I’d say that may have an impact on hardware sales. Will we see these titles on Wii U? Possibly, but it’s likely it will be released sometime into next year long after their original release date. You can probably guess how well these titles will sell in that case.

To cut this short (sorry!), third party publishers are to blame when discussing the state of Wii U. Nintendo has done quite a bit to try and push sales of the system. They’re publishing titles themselves, reaching out to other companies, and rolling out these directs to keep people interested. I may sound like a fanboy and I may be, but it irks me consistently to hear this discussion time and again.

]]>By: ps3fanboyhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448095
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:22:03 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448095this is the first time i agree with michael pachter, the wii-u is a big mistake. there is no games for it and it don’t have the wii-mote attraction. when the nextgen consoles arrive it is game over for nintendo.
]]>By: Gnosishttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448065
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:22:39 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448065Apparently someone got shitstormed.
]]>By: DrDamnhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448037
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:07:49 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448037I think Sony and MS moving on to PS4/NextBox will actually help the WiiU. It doesn’t need variable PS3/360 ports, it needs more original content which takes advantage of the features. When third parties move on to that we will see some more interesting software. Nintendo do need to drive sales to get the installed userbase to support this though.
]]>By: Rinslowehttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448007
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:24:03 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448007Pachter in damage control is quite interesting…

That aside,
““I have spoken to several publishers who are skeptical, and I think that the Wii U will see a lower level of third party support than the Wii did, unless sales materially improve.”
He makes a point regarding profitability, but I think it’s important to remember third party companies are skeptical to support Wii U purely because of economic reasons, time and money spent to dev or port, to parity requires more effort. In such a fickle environment from a business perspective who can blame the studios from thinking in this way. Nintendo can only really push sales forward on Wii U right now by releasing ASAP one of their own established IP’s… Over and above popular multiplats, even over and above fresh projects from third parties.
Wii U specs have very little to do with third party support…

]]>By: noamlol2http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448006
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:17:41 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448006well they have billions of $$$ so they will never go bankrupt

plus who dafuq will buy a nintendo home console? it’s trash
and always has been

]]>By: Cobra951http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/19/pachter-explains-wii-u-mistake-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-448005
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:05:15 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=341366#comment-448005“They have around ¥1 trillion (around $11 billion) in cash, so they aren’t in danger of going out of business for decades . . .”

Whew! When I said they were very conservative with cash in the original thread, I wasn’t thinking that big. Good for them.